Canals full, roads submerged as Bangkok declares flood disaster
Summary
Bangkok authorities declared a flood disaster across the Thai capital after nearly 48 hours of heavy rain submerged roads and filled canals. Residents waded through deep water as officials urged people to stay home and began using temporary shelters and pumping stations to manage the crisis.
Key Points
- Bangkok declared a flood disaster after almost 48 hours of heavy rain left canals full and roads submerged.
- Governor Chadchart Sittipunt urged residents to stay home, while Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul cut short a trip to London to return to Thailand.
- At least 13 roads were flooded, around 980 people were staying in temporary shelters, and 36 bed-ridden people were transferred to hospitals.
- Officials said the city's pumping stations were operating at full capacity as rain continued across parts of Thailand.
